CVE-2016-8635 MEDIUM

CVE-2016-8635

Vendor Mozilla
Product nss
Weakness CWE-358
Published August 1, 2018
Last update August 6, 2024

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3.21.x was vulnerable to small subgroup confinement attack. An attacker could use this flaw to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2018 CVE published
August 6, 2024 Record updated